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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HUDNA

Arabic.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HUDNA

hudna  [ˈhʊdnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUDNA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hudna is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUDNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hudna

Hudna is an Arabic term meaning a temporary "truce" or "armistice" as well as "calm" or "quiet", coming from a verbal root meaning "calm". It is sometimes mis-translated as "cease-fire". In the Lisan al-Arab it is defined as follows: "hadana: he grew quiet. hadina: he quieted. haadana: he made peace with. The noun from each of these is hudna." A particularly famous early hudna was the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah between Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe.

Definition of hudna in the English dictionary

The definition of hudna in the dictionary is a truce or ceasefire for a fixed duration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUDNA


echidna
ɪˈkɪdnə
gardener
ˈɡɑːdnə
Gardiner
ˈɡɑːdnə
Gardner
ˈɡɑːdnə
Lardner
ˈlɑːdnə
pardner
ˈpɑːdnə
Pydna
ˈpɪdnə
Radnor
ˈrædnə
Sedna
ˈsɛdnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUDNA

huckstery
huckstress
HUD
Huddersfield
huddle
huddled
huddler
Huddleston
huddup
hudibrastic
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Hudson River
Hudson seal
Hudson Strait
Hudson´s Bay blanket
Hudson´s Bay Company
hudud
hue
hue and cry

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUDNA

ana
anna
arena
Argentina
Arizona
Barcelona
Carolina
china
Dana
Diana
Donna
Ghana
gonna
Helena
Indiana
Latina
Luna
marina
Montana
na

Synonyms and antonyms of hudna in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hudna» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUDNA

Find out the translation of hudna to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hudna from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hudna» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hudna
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hudna
570 millions of speakers

English

hudna
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hudna
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هدنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

худна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hudna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hudna
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hudna
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hudna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hudna
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hudna
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hudna
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hudna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hudna
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hudna
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हडना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hudna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hudna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hudna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

худна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hudna
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

hudna
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hudna
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hudna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hudna
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hudna

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUDNA»

The term «hudna» is normally little used and occupies the 148.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUDNA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hudna» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hudna» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hudna

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUDNA»

Discover the use of hudna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hudna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean: 7th - 15th ...
14 A NOTE ON HUDNA: PEACEMAKING IN ISLAM GIDEON WEIGERT "Then there shall be a hudna between you and the Banu '1-Asfar".1 Much has already been written about the jihad in Islam.2 On the other hand, rather few in-depth works ...
Yaacov Lēv, 1997
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War, Peace and International Relations in Islam: Muslim ...
(ghair mahduda) in accordance with the ruler's best judgment is permissible.49 In contrast, most of the jurists in the Hanbali school oppose a hudna that is not limited in duration, although some important jurists among them do support it.
Yitzhak Reiter, 2011
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Index to Proceedings of the Security Council
the word Hudna. Eight times. One of them was broken in Jaffa, but it was not like Saladin. There was a mistake by one of his commanders. I am jumping to the nineteenth century. We see here the picture of Abdel Qader Al Jazaeri, who revolted ...
United Nations, 2004
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International Documents on Israel & Palestine 1915 to 2008
Role of the International Community: The role of the International Community is to preserve the Armistice/Hudna and to contribute to the building of trust between the two parties. It plays a key role in preventing the shortcomings seen in the ...
Collected & Edited by Dave Lane, 2008
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The Middle East Peace Process: Vision Versus Reality
Hudna If the current American approach fails, among alternative approaches might be introducing a culturally based cease-fire (hudna in Arabic). While the blood feud has been a part of Arab custom and Islam for many centuries, Arab culture ...
J. Ginat, Edward Joseph Perkins, Edwin G. Corr, 2002
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Is Jihād a Just War?: War, Peace, and Human Rights Under ...
The second type of treaty is the hudna (armistice). The term derives linguistically from the past verb hadana (to make peace) and is also known in Islamic international law as muahada, muhadana, muwada'a, musalama, and sulh. Technically ...
Ḥilmī Zawātī, 2001
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Hamas
Thus, by offering the hudna Hamas has been very keen to distinguish this concept from the practice of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, which has always been described by Hamas as capitulation. There are two main distinctions that ...
Khaled Hroub, 2009
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Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation in the Wake of ...
Only one of these was broken.21 The French and their Algerian foes under the command of Abd Al-Qadir signed two hudnas in the 1830s,22 and the Spanish and the Moroccans signed a hudna in 1860 that eventually developed into a ...
Alice MacLachlan, Allen Speight, 2012
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Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with Its Enemies
The offer of a truce (hudna) was also new, though the Hamas delegation argued that their offer of a truce to Israel had been a position of the organization since 1993. “We are willing to resolve the differences we have with Israel that are the ...
Mark Perry, 2010
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Israel's New Strategic Dilemmas: Survival Or Revival?
Hudna basically means quiet, a pause in hostilities, the very term the Arabs used for their armistice regime with Israel in the years 1948-67. Many Israelis, including government officials, were so enthusiastic about the new wording that it  ...
Raphael Israeli, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUDNA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hudna is used in the context of the following news items.
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The new 'Gaza first' concept - Jerusalem Report - Jerusalem Post
In return for a five to 10-year hudna, Israel and the international community would take steps to facilitate reconstruction and revive the Gaza ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
2
Western Scandals in the Middle East
Hamas and Israel are apparently are holding discussions for a long-term hudna [temporary cessation of hostilities]. However, discussions or not ... «Gatestone Institute, Jul 15»
3
Egypt, Israel and ISIS
There are talks about Hamas looking for a long-term cease fire arrangement with Israel (Hudna in Arabic); not a bad idea, but Israel will not ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Into the Fray: Gaza – Let their people go already!
Bennett's proposal for reconstruction in exchange for a freeze on rearmament was predicated on a long-term truce, hudna, with Hamas, with ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
5
Keep them away by force
If there is anything to the claim that Israel and Hamas are testing the waters for a possible five-year hudna (truce), a flotilla like this one could be ... «Israel Hayom, Jun 15»
6
UN Commission Report on Gaza: On Hypocrisy and Soul Searching
... floated recently by pro-Hamas elements, of a long-term cease -fire, what they call in Arabic Hudna. Stranger things have already happened in ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Does Islam Have a Role in Suicide Bombings?
Her equation of hudna with ceasefire ignores the Islamic context of hudna as a respite, historically used to buy time until a ceasefire is no ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jun 15»
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Op-Ed: An incentive for a two-state solution you can take to the bank
Rumors keep repeatedly floating recently about Qatar trying to negotiate between Israel and Hamas for a long term Hudna (ceasefire). «Jewish Post, Jun 15»
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An incentive for a two-state solution you can take to the bank
Rumors keep repeatedly floating recently about Qatar trying to negotiate between Israel and Hamas for a long term Hudna (ceasefire). «Miami Herald, Jun 15»
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Hamas and Israel not in talks over a truce: source
Hamas is not talking to Israel about a long-term hudna or truce, either directly or indirectly, a senior Palestinian source told MEE. The original ... «Middle East Eye, May 15»

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